Being able to write equipment off has an impact on it's affordability. Also, building your business around technology (not discounting Skips artistry here, but the tech is important) elevates function and reliability over cost.

I'm just talking about Joe Schmoe. Skips a pro. I see the value in building a premium system and premium cost if it will give you a good return and for him it does. Industry standards play a part too.I just can't justify it as a casual user.

Now, let me get back to my .dwg that is taking FOREVER to regen on a system that was built to handle it. Purge, audit, save-as, and pay fees to Autodesk (cause everyone else that I work with does too).

I draw the line at Macs. I owned a couple in the 90s, but the PC marketplace caught up with them and I had a bad experience with my wife's MacBook. Apple was smart enough to get their apps over to Windows, so my Apple iProducts integrate well with my desktop. But yeah, the iPad is definitely a business expense, and I cover the higher-capability iPhone (still on a 7s, btw) as a photography biz expense.

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Now, let me get back to my .dwg that is taking FOREVER to regen on a system that was built to handle it. Purge, audit, save-as, and pay fees to Autodesk (cause everyone else that I work with does too).

I'm still running AutoCad 2007, but on a Microsoft Surface Pro 4 wih Windows 10 Pro. There are a few glitches but by and large, this little 'tablet' is impressive! Sometime this year, I reckon I'll switch to the new subscription-based ACad, but it will be done reluctantly. We've already migrated to Office 365 and use cloud storage so I see the benefits of subscription-based software and remote storage, but I'm old fashioned and prefer the actual ownership of an optical disc and a server running in the closet. (Yes, I know companies still claimed ownership of software even when it was on a disc.) I still take a peculiar pride in my shelves of old fashioned paper books over the 'ease of use' of a Kindle.

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Being able to write equipment off has an impact on it's affordability. Also, building your business around technology (not discounting Skips artistry here, but the tech is important) elevates function and reliability over cost.

I'm just talking about Joe Schmoe. Skips a pro. I see the value in building a premium system and premium cost if it will give you a good return and for him it does. Industry standards play a part too.I just can't justify it as a casual user.

Now, let me get back to my .dwg that is taking FOREVER to regen on a system that was built to handle it. Purge, audit, save-as, and pay fees to Autodesk (cause everyone else that I work with does too).

I draw the line at Macs. I owned a couple in the 90s, but the PC marketplace caught up with them and I had a bad experience with my wife's MacBook. Apple was smart enough to get their apps over to Windows, so my Apple iProducts integrate well with my desktop. But yeah, the iPad is definitely a business expense, and I cover the higher-capability iPhone (still on a 7s, btw) as a photography biz expense.

I'm blended-- when I got married in 2016 we got a PC. I had migrated to Mac and Apple items. I had an iPhone-- before that it was the Samsung pocketPC (yes--- with extendable antenna):

I went from iPhone (gosh-- what was it???) to the iPhone 4s to the iPhone 6s. I saw this X and 8 release and shook my head. I know a few people who dropped the 1200 for an X and that's just not me. That Samsung Galaxy commercial with the fellow hyped up on the ipone and then over the years goes with his girlfriend's Samsung--- I feel like that's my next step. Affordability really matters-- and it'll be a shock to me since I've been Apple centric but there has to be an affordability factor.

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The 6s of 1st John:
2:6 Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus walked
3:6 No one who lives in him keeps on sinning

Being able to write equipment off has an impact on it's affordability. Also, building your business around technology (not discounting Skips artistry here, but the tech is important) elevates function and reliability over cost.

I'm just talking about Joe Schmoe. Skips a pro. I see the value in building a premium system and premium cost if it will give you a good return and for him it does. Industry standards play a part too.I just can't justify it as a casual user.

Now, let me get back to my .dwg that is taking FOREVER to regen on a system that was built to handle it. Purge, audit, save-as, and pay fees to Autodesk (cause everyone else that I work with does too).

I draw the line at Macs. I owned a couple in the 90s, but the PC marketplace caught up with them and I had a bad experience with my wife's MacBook. Apple was smart enough to get their apps over to Windows, so my Apple iProducts integrate well with my desktop. But yeah, the iPad is definitely a business expense, and I cover the higher-capability iPhone (still on a 7s, btw) as a photography biz expense.

I'm blended-- when I got married in 2016 we got a PC. I had migrated to Mac and Apple items. I had an iPhone-- before that it was the Samsung pocketPC (yes--- with extendable antenna):

I went from iPhone (gosh-- what was it???) to the iPhone 4s to the iPhone 6s. I saw this X and 8 release and shook my head. I know a few people who dropped the 1200 for an X and that's just not me. That Samsung Galaxy commercial with the fellow hyped up on the ipone and then over the years goes with his girlfriend's Samsung--- I feel like that's my next step. Affordability really matters-- and it'll be a shock to me since I've been Apple centric but there has to be an affordability factor.

I'm all over the place on this one. For work and personal use on the couch, I always use a MacBook, as they have far surpassed anything (in my eyes) Windows computers have done at the same price point (laptop wise). For pleasure, whether that is gaming, music, etc., I use a custom built Windows system. As for my phone, I use a Google Nexus 4, which is Android, but I have used iPhones in the past and do like them. I am in need of a new phone, as mine keeps crashing, and I suspect I'll buy an Android just because I'm on a missionary budget. As a tablet, I use an iPad, and I need a new one, and they're definitely worth the expense above Android tablets.

"For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose?" Philippians 1:21-22

Ive been an Apple user since the iPhone 3G days. I still have the original 3G phone somewhere.

I'm considering going Android.

EDIT: Jim's reviews on Android kinda has me worried tho......

See, that's the thing. With Apple you are talking about one integrated, closed loop. The phone is the software. They have you.

With Android, you have multiple choices for hardware.

How's the music on Android? Can I get over and move away from iTunes ok?

Don't know. I don't care about music that much. Heresy?

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How can you not care about music?

Probably doesn't care about music on the phone. I don't use my phone for music storage or playback either. There are much better devices than a phone for that.

Music has it's place, but I am not touched by music like a lot of people are. I'm sort of that way with science too. I'd rather have silence or just general environmental background noise most of the time. I don't even listen to music when I run or workout.

"Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven" - Jesus

Ive been an Apple user since the iPhone 3G days. I still have the original 3G phone somewhere.

I'm considering going Android.

EDIT: Jim's reviews on Android kinda has me worried tho......

See, that's the thing. With Apple you are talking about one integrated, closed loop. The phone is the software. They have you.

With Android, you have multiple choices for hardware.

How's the music on Android? Can I get over and move away from iTunes ok?

Don't know. I don't care about music that much. Heresy?

?

How can you not care about music?

Probably doesn't care about music on the phone. I don't use my phone for music storage or playback either. There are much better devices than a phone for that.

Music has it's place, but I am not touched by music like a lot of people are. I'm sort of that way with science too. I'd rather have silence or just general environmental background noise most of the time. I don't even listen to music when I run or workout.

ONE WORD:

You are crazy if you don't have music a click away on yer phone.

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